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Another foreign tick was found in Hungary

The second was found in Bács-Kiskun county Hyalomma ticks in Hungary within the framework of the Tick Monitoring Program of the ELKH Ecological Research Center (ÖK) – the ELKH announces. The program started in the spring, with the first specimen of the non-native group found in Vas County in September. THE Hyalomma marginatum an individual of the species was then found in a dog.

The current tick a Hyalomma rufipes species and was collected from a bovine animal. The examination of arthropods by molecular biological methods and the determination of their infection with possible pathogens are still carried out in cooperation with the National Virology Laboratory in Pécs.

On several news portals, the multicolored shield is mistakenly common in dogs Dermacentor a picture of a tick appeared Hyalomma userként. Dr. Gábor Földvári, the head of the research therefore again drew attention to the fact that the Hyalomma the backs of the ticks are covered with a single-colored dark shield, as shown on the Tick Watch website.

The staff of ÖK uses the citizen science method, with the involvement of the population, to research the increasingly common Hyalomma the emergence and establishment of species in Hungary.

The large, striped-legged tick can carry and spread a variety of dangerous pathogens, such as the Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus.

The role of the population is key to the success of the project, which is why ÖK researchers continue to urge dog, horse and cattle keepers to monitor ticks more closely than usual to see if they can find them. Hyalomma individual. More information on identification and submission method, as well as ticks on the program side available.


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